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Life generally comes with various phases and seasons as it was explained in the previous article. These seasons comes with lessons, regrets, challenges, joy, happiness, sadness depending on what season of life you are in. The season is not the major focus, how we react in those times is what really matters.

Have you ever found yourself in a position where you prayed so fervent, cried so frequent, wished so much , thought so hard and yet you cant really feel any result. You stay prepared to pray but you don’t know what to say to this awesome God. You know He is capable of doing anything but yet you feel nothing is being done. The only thing to do is Trust.

Trust is the firm belief in the reliability, truth and ability of someone or something.

Trust is an expression of faith. When you feel nothing is working, when you feel your words are empty, when you feel you really have nothing more to offer, when you feel the whole world has turned their back on you, Just Trust.

Trust that if He said it, He would do it. Trust that He loves you enough to share in your problems, Trust that He is totally concerned about your wellbeing.

King James Version

Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding

Just Trust Him………..

Your Understanding cannot take you far but God can…….

King James Version

Psalm 46:10Be still, and know that IamGod: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

I recently read an awesome post that says……… I paraphrase,

“When you feel that God isn’t there with you during your trying time, remember the teacher is always quiet during the test”.

Every good teacher has given you the best study and explanation you need , so? He expects that during the test, you pour out all that you have learnt in time past

. That is the case with a believer and his trying time, you give out all that you have learnt from the bible during your test. God is there to help you out. He is there to ensure all goes right while He trusts you to continually make the right decision.

King James version

Deuteronomy 31:6Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, heit isthat doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

He is right there. Just trust Him. Everything you need is in Him, trust Him. That’s the way you can express your faith.

Gen 8:22 ESV

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.

Seasons :- are each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earths changing position with regard to the sun. This is a period of the year when a particular activity or event happens.

God promised us seasons to indicate the order of nature. But did you know that every person goes through four seasons as well? Did you know that every church goes through four seasons? Did you know your marriage goes through four seasons? Seasons affect all of us and everything we do.

There are four Major seasons:-

*Spring

*Summer

*Winter

*Autumn

The Winter

Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate zones. It occurs after autumn and before spring in each year. Winter is caused by the axis of the Earth in that hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun.Winter is one of the four seasons and the coldest time of the year. It is the time of the year when the days are darker and colder than one could ever imagine.

Spiritual winter:

Our spiritual winter is a time of darkness and unfruitfulness. Spiritual winter is the most unusual time for many Believers, We might feel that God has deserted us, but this is the time to curl up in God’s lap for warmth and intimacy. There He will give you directions for planting new crops in spring;the next season. It is also the time to exist on what has been stored from previous harvests.

Winter is the time for evaluation, planning and preparation. It is the time to shovel snow and ice (unhelpful resource) from the driveway of your mind. It is the time when praise should be an automatic habit. it is normal to feel like God is not hearing our prayers or speaking to us. We may feel like we are having a “wilderness” experience. Our inclination is to pray harder and must remain in the season of rest. In winter, reflect on God and God’s faithfulness to you and maintain an attitude of reverence before God.

Winter is the time to PLAN for the upcoming seasons.

The Spring

Spring is one of the four conventional temperate seasons, following winter and preceding summer. Springmarks the end of blistering winter and the transitional period to scorching summer. In many places, theseasonbrings mild temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Spring season is the favorite season of the year and liked by everyone than other seasons.Spring is the season of new beginnings. Fresh buds bloom, animals awaken and the earth seems to come to life again. Farmers and gardeners plant their seeds and temperatures slowly rise.

Spiritual Spring:-

Spring is the time to plant and carry out the instructions gleaned from your winter experience. From having spent time with God, you will have the spiritual and physical energy to break up your fallow ground.

Spring is the time to come out of the darkness of winter. You will see the first signs of vigor and life returning to the earth. Solomon said, “Lo, the winter is over; the rains are over and gone.” (Song of Songs 2:11)

Flowers will push through the damp soil; frogs will croak in the barely thawed ponds; and you will enjoy the feel of the first warm breeze upon you face.

Spring reminds us of the eternal cycle of death and rebirth and renewed life. Spring is the re-emergence of life. It indicated a balance of growth and decay; youth and maturity, innocence and experience.

During springtime, look for the leading of God in new activities and ventures into new opportunities. On the personal level, these can be activities like new ways of doing your daily devotions or new relationships with encouraging saints. Regarding ministry, springtime can bring new ministry, more attendees or new ways of serving God. Be careful not to invest too much of yourself in all these new things because, just like a fruit tree, not every blossom will lead to fruit. These temporary blossoms serve to pollinate other blossoms. They are also signs to show us that it is springtime.

The summer

Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, falling after spring and before autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice.

Spiritual Summer:-

This is the time to reap what you planted during your spiritual spring. Its a time to continue to work, while making sure to build refreshment and relaxation in as well. This is also a time for us to get rid of those “weeds” that may want to pop up and get us distracted. If we limit our distractions, a spiritual summer can be very good for us.

In summer, the flowers are in full bloom. The fruit is ripe and ready to be picked. It is during this spiritual season, that we develop the fruit of the Spirit. We read :-

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.

Autumn (Fall)

Autumn, also known as fall in American and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer to winter. Autumn, season of the year between summer and winter during which temperatures gradually decrease. It is often called fall in the United States because leaves fall from the trees at that time.Nighttime arrives earlier, temperatures begin to drop and most vegetative growth decreases.

Spiritual Autumn

If you look at nature this is typically a time of things falling away. This is when we see the temperature and leaves begin to change, which I’d how we know that fall is coming. Maybe God is calling some things to fall away in your life. What is He calling you to let go of?

Nature provides a great example of how this should look in our life. Often times, we want to hold on and not let go of things that could potentially cause problems in our next season. Spiritual fall is a good time to grow your trust in GodAutumn, with its colorful trees is the transitional season having both the abundance and the limitation of our everyday lives.Autumn helps us see the passage of time; that is, where we have come from and where we need to go. This is the season filled with anticipation. And if we have been obedient in the other seasons, we will reap a harvest in due season. (Galatians 6:9)Autumn is a season of fruition and reaping. It is a season of thanksgiving and celebration of abundance and goodness of the earth. It is a season of encouragement as we witness the changes in God’s earth.

What season are you presently?

Seasons come and go. Enjoy every season, learn from every season. He is always present.

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*Learn to ignore and overlook many things if you truly want happiness in life because the easiest way to a miserable life is to think that everybody is talking about you.*

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*Never allow anyone to steal your joy from you.*

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*What people say behind your back is none of your business as long as you are true to yourself. Never worry yourself about that.*

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*Sometimes minding your own business does not keep people out of your business.*

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*No matter your situation in life people will always talk. You can never stop people from talking about you, what you can do is to stop giving them what to talk about.*

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*There is a time limit for every rumor in life. Never allow freelance broadcasters put your life on hold. Do what makes you happy. Anyone who cannot feel your pain, has no right to judge you in life. Seventy percent of those who talk bad about you behind your back, wish to be like you.*

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*When people can’t be like you they try to bring you down and condemn what you have. Those without money will sarcastically say money is not everything in life. (Is poverty anything?)*

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*Never allow anyone to put you in a position of depression and self pity in life. Those whose life has no joy will always find every means to remove happiness from other people’s life.*

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*If there is the GRACE of GOD in your life, then enemies are inevitable. If no one has ever gossiped or talked bad about you, it means nothing good has ever happened to you.*

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*Never feel bad when old friends become new enemies. They are just tired of pretending to be friends.*

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*Never allow the opinions of people who didn’t see your tears stop your laughter in life. 😬You don’t owe anybody an explanation to be happy.*

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*Never see yourself through the eyes of those who don’t value you.*
*To be beautiful means to be yourself. To stand out is to be outstanding. You do not need to be accepted by others. You just need to accept yourself.*

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*Never beg anyone to accept you for who you are. Anything you acquire through begging will require begging to maintain or retain.*

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*Be humble but selective. Being selective doesn’t mean you are arrogant or proud. It simply means you know your worth. If you are conscious of your personality avoid too much familiarity.*

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*Sometimes when you treat people too much like celebrities, they end up treating you like an ordinary person. You are equally important.*

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*Never downgrade yourself while trying to upgrade anybody in life. Anyone who sees you like an option doesn’t deserve to be a priority in your life.*

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*The dream of a fool is for everybody to become a bloody fool like himself. Avoid negative people if you have a dream. Those without mission will say your vision is just an illusion.*

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*Negative minds will never give you a positive life. Anyone who is always reminding you about what is wrong with you has a personal problem which he/she wants to take out on you.*

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*Most people spend half of their entire life analysing the faults in other people’s life, when their own lives need urgent repairs.*

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*Never worry yourself about enemies and friends, because everybody in your life will eventually fall into one of the two categories.*

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*Some will hate you and some will love you. Loving you or hating you are both in your favour.*
*When people love you, you live peacefully and happily in their hearts, and when people hate you, you become the landlord in their head living painfully in their brain everyday and giving them sleepless nights.*
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Its an awesome day, a new month to be precised, this month would indeed be favourable to us.

Today we would looking at an exciting topic The Kingdom First.

Yes a kingdom……..

The kingdom of God .

According to Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

This is a principle that many people fail to adhere to………

This is a principle of obedience that provides our heart desire.

When you seek first the kingdom of God, God begins to bring your desires to reality, He becomes fully responsible for the things you need.

Many people are so in a hurry to achieve a lot that they forget the essence of the presence of God.

God wants you to be deliberate in your services to Him not because you need anything but because you just want to be a faithful and loving follower.

Many times when we get what we think we need from God, we may likely withdraw because the focus was not the Kingdom but our needs. God is committed to making you happy and you have to be committed to making His kingdom come here on earth.

He is a Sincere leader.

A quick question for every believer……..

Why are you following Christ?

We need to be intentional about answering this question so we could set our priorities and motive straight.

I urge you today to put Gods Kingdom first and every other thing you never thought of achieving would be at the tip of your fingers.

They are not so happy because, they feel they can’t have what you have (Meanwhile Christ died for all).

These set of people have made up their mind to make the world see you differently from who you really are.

Do believers get angry?

Yes they do

So what makes a believer different from an unbeliever in terms of emotion “Anger”

SELF CONTROL

“Ephesians 4:25-27”

BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity. Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another.

Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing

Anger is one of the ways we show we are displeased about a thing but if it isn’t controlled, it could lead to something else. We must learn how to control ourself, you must not to let people get to you.

The reason why you get angry is because you allow it. Getting angry is OK but allowing anger control you is where the problem is. Get over it!!!

It isn’t worth your time

It isn’t worth your energy

It isn’t worth it.

You are too beautiful / handsome to over tighten your face

You are too good to allow anger make you do bad

Your smile gives healing to people, don’t let the smile go all out .

People always watch to see your reaction at everytime, let them be graced at every emotion you give.

Its first about making yourself happy, then of course the people around you.

Remember,

You can make a point as a result of your displeasure without hurting yourself and people around you. Address the situation so it won’t repeat itself and not the person.